Virtua Tennis 2009 Delayed, Now Serving in June
Little-known fact: I played the pants off of Virtua Tennis 3. I really love the simple controls and the concept of winning by out-smarting your opponent and setting them up over several shots. Simplicity in a sports title is really rare these days and should never be a reason to write the game off as too casual. This year, we’ll see online play added and even more (sometimes better than the game itself) mini-games. What we won’t see, despite the official website’s now outdated banner, is Virtua Tennis 2009 released in May.
According to RubyEclipse, site administrator for the Sega of America forums, the multiplatform game is delayed and will have an early June ship date. Sega will update the game’s information pages accordingly. Although we’ve received no official word on the delay, RubyEclipse mentions they are probably polishing off the Wii version.
If you suck at this game, you'll truly have endless love.
We have seen three Virtua Tennis 2009 videos on the PlayStation Network, and I’ll admit – the game doesn’t look that much better than the first PS3 version. But it’s really never been about looks with this series. I’m excited about all of the new features and can’t wait to get my hands on the full game in June. In the meantime, maybe Sega will release an early demo on the PSN if we ask nicely. Their previous demo for Virtua Tennis 3 was stellar, so here’s to hoping we’ll see one soon.
10 Responses to “Virtua Tennis 2009 Delayed, Now Serving in June”
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May 6th, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Describe playing this game while drinking – Rubber balls and liquor. Describe playing this game while drinking – Rubber balls and liquor. Describe playing this game while drinking – Rubber balls and liquor. What do you want to do to Sneeches’ mom?
May 6th, 2009 at 2:33 PM
This is kind of the oppposite of the June to May bump of InFamous’ release date.
May 6th, 2009 at 3:13 PM
awww heaven forbid, my life is over now…. Who cares about this trash anyways.
05/06/2009 at 3:40 PM
haha sneeches, you didn’t even read my first comment. I wrote it in anticipation that you’d write a negative comment without taking time to look at others’. I was spot on!
May 6th, 2009 at 3:15 PM
This was one of the best tennis games ever made, I for one am glad they kept it the same as Virtua Tennis 3
May 6th, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Can i rubber and liqour hold the balls,
Ha ha
he got ya Sneeches
May 6th, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Lol Sneeches negative as usual.
May 6th, 2009 at 5:40 PM
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May 6th, 2009 at 6:46 PM
@StalkingSilence
–Describe playing this game while drinking – Rubber balls and liquor. Describe playing this game while drinking – Rubber balls and liquor. Describe playing this game while drinking – Rubber balls and liquor.—
hahaha so its basically another singstar/vodka night? ive been branching off to new style of games. the Videos on the PSN looks intriguing .
05/07/2009 at 9:00 AM
It’s fun because you have to think 3 or 4 shots ahead and there’s a lot of subtleties (sp?) in there from real tennis. I am a big racquetball player and I think that’s why I like the court games.
PS: Racquetball on ColecoVision Gaming System is TERRIBLE.
May 7th, 2009 at 8:57 AM
Good joke. “Rub her balls and lick her”
May 7th, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Good one, Stalking Silence!
I played the hell outta the VT3 game when I rented it. For a tennis game it was pretty fun. Its’ difficulty levels are insanely tough when you crank it up, but even that makes for some crazy CPU moves.